Little Italy Restaurant in Christchurch Menu

BRUNCH/LUNCH BRUNCH/LUNCH
  • All Items $15 Unless Stated
  • Available – Mon to Fri 10am – 4pm Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays 9am – 4pm
  • $6 Eggs on toast
    • 2 eggs the way you like poached, scrambled or fried. Served on toasted Turkish bread.
  • Add: Bacon $4.00, Sausage $2.50, Tomato, Avocado or Potato Hash $2.00
  • Eggs Benedict
    • 2 poached eggs, served on toasted ciabatta bread smothered in hollandaise sauce. With a choice of either: Bacon, Smoked Salmon or Wilted Spinach
  • Hot Cakes
    • Served with mixed berry compote, freshly whipped cream & lashing of icing sugar.
  • Mussel Chowder
    • Creamy traditional chowder with NZ green lipped mussels, potatoes and bacon. Served with toasted bread.
  • Smoked Chicken Salad
    • With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
  • Vietnamese Beef Salad
    • Marinated beef strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
  • Camembert & Chicken Melt
    • Chargrilled chicken thigh & baked camembert cheese. Served on crisp toasted ciabatta bread topped with cranberry jelly.
  • Bishops Fish n Chips.
    • A twist on an old classic, Panko crumbed Orange Roughy, served with steak fries and homemade tartare sauce.
  • Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger
    • Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli.
  • Philly Steak Roll
    • Angus Rump Steak, Philly style. Topped with Swiss cheese finished under the grill. Accompanied with southern seasoned crispy fries.
  • Mushroom and Almond Risotto
    • Finished with parmesan cheese and baby spinach.
  • Roast of the Day $12.95
    • Your waiter will advise you on the day’s selection.
DINNER MENU DINNER MENU
  • Available from 5pm
  • STARTERS
  • Garlic Loaf $9.50
    • Served with homemade garlic & herb butter.
  • Cheesy Pesto Sticks $12.00
    • Baked Turkish bread topped with lashings of basil pesto and cheddar cheese.
  • Seafood Chowder $14.80
    • Creamy thick traditional chowder with bacon, mussels, cuttlefish and prawns. Served with grilled bread.
  • Chicken Pate $14.00
    • Kath’s secret recipe with chicken livers, bacon and lager. Served with onion relish, pickles and balsamic sticks.
  • Garlic Chilli Prawns $16.00
    • Served with a rocket salad with spring onion and cherry tomatoes. Accompanied with charred lime and sour cream.
  • SALADS
  • Smoked Chicken Salad $16.50
    • With crispy streaky bacon, fresh salad greens, tomato wedges, garnish. Mixed in homemade honey mustard dressing.
  • Vietnamese Beef Salad $15.50
    • Marinated beef rump strips, soft vermicelli noodles, spring onion, diced tomatoes and salad garnish. Tossed through a sweet chilli, mirin dressing.
  • PIZZA & PASTA
  • ALL PIZZAS – $20.00
  • Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
    • Minced beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli.
  • Thai Mushroom & Roasted Capsicum
    • Sliced mushrooms, roasted peppers, feta cheese on a sweet thai chilli base topped with basil pesto.
  • Ultimate Pizza Lovers
    • Salami, ground beef, tender chick pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ.
  • Chicken & Pistachio Penne $19.80
    • Tender chicken thigh, roasted pistachio bits, feta cheese, fresh basil & penne pasta. Tossed with cream and basil pesto.
  • Bacon & Pea Alfredo Fettucine $18.50
    • Crispy bacon bits, baby peas & tri colour fettuccine, mixed in traditional Alfredo sauce.
  • FROM THE SEA
  • Teriyaki Salmon Fillet $27.50
    • Grilled Succulent Salmon brushed with teriyaki sauce. Served on Asian chilli soft vermicelli noodles with sauteed bok choy green beans and peanuts. Accompanied with sesame soy sauce.
  • Fresh Fish $27.00
    • Served on creamy Agria puree. With roasted cajun capsicum slithers, green beans. Topped with herb sour cream. *Please ask our friendly wait staff for the chef’s choice of Fish this evening.
  • FROM THE LAND
  • Supreme Chicken $25.50
    • Char-grilled bacon wrapped chicken breast, served on potato gratin with garlic sautéed baby carrots, finished with creamy basil pesto sauce.
  • Confit Pork Belly $24.50
    • Belly of the Pig slowly roasted in seasoned spiced oil. Served on a curry kumara and carrot salad with pan seared Asian greens. Topped with plum & tamarillo chutney.
  • “Shank Heaps” $24.00
    • Herbed tomato braised Lamb Shank, served on potato smash with blanched broccoli, garlic con fit. Finished with its own braising liquid, topped with carrot chips.
  • *Extra charge of $8 for an extra shank.
  • Charred Vegetable Skewers $23.00
    • Button mushrooms, capsicum, red onion, polenta chips and sun dried tomato skewers, brushed with chilli oil then char-grilled. Served with buttery new potatoes, sautéed spinach finished with coriander lime sauce.
  • FROM THE GRILL
  • Chargrilled Steaks $32.00
    • Choose your steak, from one of the following, cooked to your liking: Rump 400 GM, Angus T Bone 350 GM, Porterhouse 300 GM, Rib Eye 250 GM.
  • All steaks served on a potato and herb rosti, with bacon wrapped green beans, and sauteed field mushrooms.
  • Add a sauce of your choice for $2.00
    • Creamy Mushroom, Basil Pesto, Green Peppercorn, Roasted Capsicum, Diane Sauce
  • BITS ‘N’ PIECES
  • Fries / Salad / Slaw / Sauteed Seasonal Vegetables $4.00
    • Garlic butter, Aioli, BBQ sauce, Sweet Thai chilli, Chipotle aioli, Hollandaise (Complimentary)
  • SWEET ENDINGS
  • ALL DESSERTS $12.50
  • Banoffee Pie
    • Buttery malt biscuit base with succulent banana caramel finished with fresh Chantilly cream.
  • Chocolate Brownie Cup
    • Served hot with vanilla ice cream & lashings of chocolate ganache.
  • Berry Mousse
    • Homemade with white chocolate shards & whipped cream.
  • Ice Cream Trilogy
    • Caramel Cookie, Mochaccino & Peaches n Cream. With a selection of sweet sauces.
  • Classic Bread ‘N’ Butter Pudding
    • Served hot with Irish crème ice cream & blueberry compote.
  • Assortment of Tea’s & Coffees $4.50 small $5.00 large
BAR MENU BAR MENU
  • Chef’s Platter $25.00
    • Vege Samosas, Salami, Hoki Bites, Southern Chicken Sticks, Salt & pepper Squid, Battered Pineapple Rings
  • Tasting Plate $28.00
    • Sticky chicken wings, Bbq Ribs, Prawn cutlets, BBQ pork steam bun, Broccoli & ricotta balls, Pesto sticks
  • Beef, Bacon & BBQ Burger $15.00
    • Fresh Vienna bun, 200gm Beef Pattie, streaky bacon, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served with chunky fries and chipotle aioli
  • Chargrilled Steak Sandwich $21.50
    • 200Gm Ribeye steak, cooked the way you like. With garlic aioli, salad greens, sun dried tomatoes, and onion relish. Served in toasted ciabatta bread with steak fries and tomato sauce
  • Available all day
  • Bishop’s Wicked Wings
    • Your choice of 500gm OR 1kg with one of the following sauces: Whiskey BBQ, Honey Mustard, Teriyaki Orange, Jamaican Jerk
  • 500gm – $15.00
  • 1Kg – $22.50
  • Double Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza $20.00
    • Ground beef, rashers of bacon, mozzarella cheese on a bbq sauce base finished with garlic aioli
  • Ultimate Pizza Lovers $20.00
    • Salami, ground beef, tender chicken pieces with grated cheese on a Italian sauced base topped with whiskey BBQ
  • Bishop’s BBQ Ribs 350Gms $15.50
  • Cheese & Bacon Wedges $11.50
    • Served with chimichurri sour cream and capsicum salsa.
  • Steak Fries $8.50
    • Served with tomato sauce & garlic aioli
  • 1K Mussel Pots $23.50
    • Your choice of 2 flavours: Kath’s Famous Cream Curry Sauce OR Garlic Butter & Lager
KIDS MENU KIDS MENU
  • All Meals $10
  • Hot Dog & Chips
  • Spaghetti Bolognese with salad OR fries
  • Chicken & Slaw Burger with crispy fries
  • Mini Bacon, Pineapple & Mozzarella
  • Pizza
  • All kid’s meals are served with an ice cream sundae. Choose from Chocolate, Caramel, Raspberry OR Strawberry. With hundreds n thousands, chocolate bites and a pink wafer.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Potato Rosti Stack $16.90
    • w/ smoked salmon and salad of red onion, tomato, capers and a dill Aioli
  • Chips $6.00
    • w/ Aioli or tomato sauce
  • Bagels From $4.80
    • BLT, BLET, Salmon w cream cheese and capers, cream cheese and pesto
  • Famous Doorstep Toasties - choose 3 fillings $7.90
    • ham, cheese, bacon, egg, onion, pineapple, tomato, mushroom
  • Eggs Benedict $16.90
    • choose bacon or smoked salmon
  • French Toast $16.90
    • with grilled banana, flaked almonds & chocolate sauce
  • Caesar Salad $18.90
    • w/ chicken
  • Open Beef Burger and Chips $16.90
    • w/ Red onion relish
  • Spicy Chicken Nibble (1/2 dozen) $5.00
  • BBQ Pork Fried Rice $9.00
  • Beef Fried Rice $9.00
  • Chicken Cashew Nuts on Rice $10.00
  • Sweet & Sour Chicken (NO Rice) $13.50
  • Pineapple chicken fried rice $9.00
  • Nasi Goreng $9.00
    • fried rice with chicken, beef, pork
  • Lemon Chicken on Rice $9.00
  • Chips (1/2) $2.00
  • Mussels $1.00
  • Calamari Ring $1.00
  • Scallops (1/2 doz) $13.00
  • Paua $3.50
  • Jam Rap $2.80
  • Meat Pattie $2.80
  • Egg $5.00
  • Treacle Cured Salmon $5.00
  • Risotto $28.00
    • local, seasonal, please ask your waitperson
  • Baby peas with bacon, truffle oil + mint $10.00
  • Parpadelle $28.00
    • local fresh picked asparagus, broad bean, lemon, Pernod marscapone
  • Baked Blueberry Crostada $16.00
    • frangipane, vincotto, vanilla ice cream
  • Roasted Spring Carrot Salad with hung yoghurt, mint + orange $22.00
  • Cervo $26.00
    • seared venison, muscat raisins, ricotta, pecorino, walnut, parsley
  • Braised Goat Arancini $15.00
    • with Truffle Mayo
  • VEGETABLE BIRYANI $12.00
    • Basmati rice cooked with fresh seasonal vegetables.
  • MIXED PICKLE $4.00
    • A selection of mixed pickles to complement your meal.
  • CHICKEN SAAG $20.00
    • Tender pieces of chicken cooked in a spinach gravy with fresh tomatoes, herbs and spices, then finished with cream. To request dairy free, please ask for the duty manager.
  • CHEFS SPECIAL SIZZLING TANDOORI PLATTER $15.00
    • Includes one lamb chop, one tandoori king prawn, one lamb tikka, one piece fish amritsari tikka and Corianders special tikka.
  • MURG AKBARI $21.00
    • Chunks of chicken cooked in a mild creamy sauce, then finished with vegetable gravy and egg.
  • CHICKEN MADRAS $21.00
    • A dish for those who enjoy a hot curry. Diced chicken cooked in a lamb gravy with onion, herbs and spices, garlic and ginger. To request dairy free, please ask for the duty manager.
  • MANGO CHUTNEY $4.00
  • CORIANDER PLATTER $12.00
    • Includes one samosa, one onion bhaji, one lamb tikka, one lamb chop and one chicken tikka.
  • Fish Bites (Doz) $8.00
  • Crabstick $2.00
  • Onion Rings (Doz) $6.00
  • Chocolate or Jam Donut $2.00
  • Egg $4.20
  • Crumbed Blue Cod Fillet $6.50
  • Chicken Nugget (Doz) $8.00
  • Crumbed Red Cod Fillet $4.50
  • Vegetarian Satay $11.00
    • Stir fry vegetables on a bed of steamed rice topped with our special peanut sauce
  • Satay Noodle Soup $12.00
    • Choice of beef or chicken served in a special Khmer style satay soup with fat rice noodles and bean sprouts
  • Wonton Noodle Soup $13.00
    • 6 delicious shrimp & pork wontons in Khmer style soup served with rice noodle & bean sprouts
  • Vegetarian Chew Kua Teaw $13.00
    • Fresh vegetables stir fry with mushrooms on a bed of stir-fry rice noodles (best served with chilli sauce or lemon juice)
  • Satay Burger $6.00
    • Grill marinated satay in a sesame bun with salad and peanut sauce
  • Chicken Rice $13.00
    • Boiled chicken pieces on top of specially cooked rice served with traditional fish sauce, cucumber and sprinkled with peanuts
  • Hot & Spicy Noodle Soup (Tom Yum) $13.00
    • Choice of chicken or seafood cooked in tom yum paste, mushrooms, lime leaves & lemon juice
  • Fried Egg Noodle $13.00
    • Your choice of chicken, pork, beef or seafood with vegetables, onion, egg & bean sprouts
  • x3 $17.50
  • Egg, Mushrooms, Tomato $2.00
  • Bacon & Banana $19.50
    • stacked on a toasted wholemeal, cheese scone or French toast, then drizzled with maple syrup
  • Toasted Muesli $13.00
    • served with fresh fruit & yogurt
  • - Or cream cheese, pesto, sun-dried tomato & black olives $7.50
  • Omelette 3 $15.50
    • eggs served with your choice of fillings
  • with meal, Jam, Yogurt, Cream, Sauce or Chutney $1.00
  • Smoked Chicken or Smoked Salmon or Ham Salad $18.00
  • Regular $9.80
  • Tempura Prawn & Udon Noodles $12.50
  • R/combo $11.50
    • with miso or green tea
  • - Teriyaki sauce
  • Mixed Seafood & Udon Noodles $9.90
  • L/combo $15.10
    • with miso or green tea
  • Large $13.40
  • Crumbed Prawn (2pcs) $3.00
  • Stir-fried lamb with ginger & spring onion $19.00
  • Cambodia-style fried rice or noodles $15.00
    • beef, pork, chicken or vegetable stir-fry sampan-style
  • Roast pork curry fried rice or chow mein $15.00
  • Chicken noodle soup $12.00
    • rice noodles cooked with bean sprouts and chicken pieces
  • Satay burger (beef or chicken) $5.00
    • grilled marinated satay in bun with coleslaw and peanut sauce
  • Sweet & sour king prawns $20.00
  • Prawn curry fried rice or chow mein $18.50
  • Thai curry chicken with vegetables on rice $15.50
  • Fish $5.00
  • Hoki $3.00
  • Chicken Satay $5.50
  • Cheese and Pineapple $4.00
  • Tarakihi $4.00
  • Mushroom $4.00
  • Salmon $6.00
  • Gurnard $4.00
  • Lamb Samosa $2.50
  • Lamb Mumtaz Curry (Mild) $14.90
  • Betoon Murg Curry (Med) $13.90
  • Fish Tikka Masala (Med) $13.90
  • Navratan Korma (Mild) $12.50
  • Adraki Aloo Gobi (Mild) $12.90
  • Touch of Spice's Mixed Sizzler $21.50
  • Chilli Shrimp (Med-Hot) $13.90
  • Chicken $26
  • Percik Chicken $14
    • toasted coconut
  • Woo Sambal $3
  • Hainanese Chicken And Rice $26
  • Chinese Mushroom Spring Rolls (v) $9
  • Woo Roti Doughnut $12
    • Gingernut ice cream, pandan
  • Prawn & Coriander Dumplings (4 pieces) $11
  • Pork Wonton And Egg Noodle Soup $18
    • Asian greens, bean sprouts, shallot oil, coriander
  • Nachos $14.00
    • Served with house made salsa and sour cream and sweet chilli
  • Fries $6.00
    • Served with tomato and aioli sauce
  • Creamy Risotto $12.00
    • With your choice of bacon or chicken
  • - With spinach, salmon $ 19.50
  • Corn fritters $12.00
    • 3 corn fritters with streaky bacon, relish and dressed with sour cream and salad greens
  • Eggs Benedict
    • Two poached eggs on Vienna toasted bread, spinach, bacon or smoked salmon, homemade hollandaise
  • - Add grilled cheese and bacon $12.00
  • - With spinach, bacon $16.00
  • Hong kong style prawn toast $8.00
    • 4pcs
  • Steamed prawn dumplings $7.00
    • 3 pcs
  • Chicken & corn soup (small/ large) $6.00/ $15.00
  • Mixed vegetables with garlic or oyster sauce $14.00
  • Seasonal greens with garlic or oyster $14.00
  • Spice & sour soup with pork, shrimp & tofu (small/ large) $8.00/ $20.00
  • Salt & pepper pork chop $18.00
  • Hokkien stir fried noodles with mixed seafood & pork $19.00
Little Italy Restaurant

Little Italy Restaurant

location

Address

119 Farrington Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8053, New Zealand

phone

Phone

033592930

clock

Opened hours

Sunday 11:30 - 21:00 Monday 11:30 - 21:00 Tuesday 11:30 - 21:00 Wednesday 11:30 - 21:00 Thursday 11:30 - 21:00 Friday 11:30 - 21:00 Saturday 11:30 - 21:00
price range

Price

$30 - $50

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Italian , Pizza

features

Features

Business meetings ,  Reservations ,  Waitstaff ,  Takeout ,  Lunch ,  Seating ,  Dinner

Location
119 Farrington Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8053, New Zealand
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